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EP0267727A3
EP0267727A3 EP87309716A EP87309716A EP0267727A3 EP 0267727 A3 EP0267727 A3 EP 0267727A3 EP 87309716 A EP87309716 A EP 87309716A EP 87309716 A EP87309716 A EP 87309716A EP 0267727 A3 EP0267727 A3 EP 0267727A3
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resonance tube
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23D—BURNERS
    • F23D91/00—Burners specially adapted for specific applications, not otherwise provided for
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23C—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTION USING FLUID FUEL OR SOLID FUEL SUSPENDED IN  A CARRIER GAS OR AIR 
    • F23C15/00—Apparatus in which combustion takes place in pulses influenced by acoustic resonance in a gas mass
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02G1/00—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants
    • F02G1/04—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants of closed-cycle type
    • F02G1/043—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants of closed-cycle type the engine being operated by expansion and contraction of a mass of working gas which is heated and cooled in one of a plurality of constantly communicating expansible chambers, e.g. Stirling cycle type engines
    • F02G1/0435—Hot gas positive-displacement engine plants of closed-cycle type the engine being operated by expansion and contraction of a mass of working gas which is heated and cooled in one of a plurality of constantly communicating expansible chambers, e.g. Stirling cycle type engines the engine being of the free piston type
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02G3/00—Combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23D—BURNERS
    • F23D14/00—Burners for combustion of a gas, e.g. of a gas stored under pressure as a liquid
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B9/00—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point
    • F25B9/14—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point characterised by the cycle used, e.g. Stirling cycle
    • F25B9/145—Compression machines, plants or systems, in which the refrigerant is air or other gas of low boiling point characterised by the cycle used, e.g. Stirling cycle pulse-tube cycle
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02G—HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS; USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F02G2243/00—Stirling type engines having closed regenerative thermodynamic cycles with flow controlled by volume changes
    • F02G2243/30—Stirling type engines having closed regenerative thermodynamic cycles with flow controlled by volume changes having their pistons and displacers each in separate cylinders
    • F02G2243/50—Stirling type engines having closed regenerative thermodynamic cycles with flow controlled by volume changes having their pistons and displacers each in separate cylinders having resonance tubes
    • F02G2243/52—Stirling type engines having closed regenerative thermodynamic cycles with flow controlled by volume changes having their pistons and displacers each in separate cylinders having resonance tubes acoustic

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Thermal Sciences (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Treating Waste Gases (AREA)
  • Fluidized-Bed Combustion And Resonant Combustion (AREA)
  • Heat-Exchange Devices With Radiators And Conduit Assemblies (AREA)
  • Investigating Or Analyzing Materials By The Use Of Ultrasonic Waves (AREA)
  • Physical Or Chemical Processes And Apparatus (AREA)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging Apparatus (AREA)
  • Registering, Tensioning, Guiding Webs, And Rollers Therefor (AREA)
  • Measurement Of The Respiration, Hearing Ability, Form, And Blood Characteristics Of Living Organisms (AREA)
  • Sampling And Sample Adjustment (AREA)
  • Soundproofing, Sound Blocking, And Sound Damping (AREA)
  • Separation Of Gases By Adsorption (AREA)

Abstract

A thermally driven gas resonance device comprises a resonance tube (3) which expands in cross-section along its length from one end to the other, a heat source (2) located at the one end of the resonance tube, and means (2, 4) to trigger oscillations in a gas in the resonance tube. The heat source (2) is preferably a pulsed heat source having a pulse repetition frequency corresponding to a resonant frequency of the gas resonance tube (3). The mechanical energy produced in the oscillating gas in the gas resonance device may be used to operate a pressure swing gas separator by including a bed (16) of molecular sieve material in the other end of the resonance tube (3). Alternatively, the mechanical energy may be used to drive a heat pump (19). In this case a heat sink (21) is located at the other end of the resonance tube (3), a regenerator (20) is also located adjacent the other end, and means (8) on the side of the regenerator (20) towards the heat source (2) effect heat exchange between the gas in the resonance tube (3) and a source of low grade heat.
EP87309716A 1986-11-06 1987-11-03 Gas resonance device Expired - Lifetime EP0267727B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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AT87309716T ATE72481T1 (en) 1986-11-06 1987-11-03 GAS RESONANCE DEVICE.

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GB8626562 1986-11-06
GB868626562A GB8626562D0 (en) 1986-11-06 1986-11-06 Gas resonance device

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EP0267727A2 EP0267727A2 (en) 1988-05-18
EP0267727A3 true EP0267727A3 (en) 1989-08-30
EP0267727B1 EP0267727B1 (en) 1992-02-05

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JP (1) JPS63220009A (en)
KR (1) KR880006449A (en)
CN (1) CN1012195B (en)
AT (1) ATE72481T1 (en)
AU (1) AU608782B2 (en)
CA (1) CA1325889C (en)
DE (1) DE3776626D1 (en)
DK (1) DK168233B1 (en)
ES (1) ES2030073T3 (en)
FI (1) FI874918A (en)
GB (1) GB8626562D0 (en)
GR (1) GR3004296T3 (en)
IE (1) IE60748B1 (en)
IN (2) IN170273B (en)
NO (1) NO173708C (en)
NZ (1) NZ222181A (en)
PT (1) PT85987B (en)
ZA (1) ZA877836B (en)

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GR3004296T3 (en) 1993-03-31
AU608782B2 (en) 1991-04-18
US4948360A (en) 1990-08-14
US5006060A (en) 1991-04-09
CN1012195B (en) 1991-03-27
NO874621D0 (en) 1987-11-05
ATE72481T1 (en) 1992-02-15
NO173708C (en) 1994-01-19
NZ222181A (en) 1990-06-26
NO874621L (en) 1988-05-09
IN170273B (en) 1992-03-07
EP0267727B1 (en) 1992-02-05
CA1325889C (en) 1994-01-11
AU8081487A (en) 1988-05-12
DK580687D0 (en) 1987-11-05
PT85987A (en) 1988-12-15
DE3776626D1 (en) 1992-03-19
IE872987L (en) 1985-05-23
IE60748B1 (en) 1994-08-10
FI874918A (en) 1988-05-07
EP0267727A2 (en) 1988-05-18
FI874918A0 (en) 1987-11-06
ES2030073T3 (en) 1992-10-16
ZA877836B (en) 1988-12-28
DK580687A (en) 1988-05-07
JPS63220009A (en) 1988-09-13
IN172710B (en) 1993-11-13
DK168233B1 (en) 1994-02-28
KR880006449A (en) 1988-07-23
PT85987B (en) 1993-08-31
CN87107633A (en) 1988-06-29
NO173708B (en) 1993-10-11

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